On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 06:05:39PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 12:33:41PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > > If I am a user of one of these packages who may have the skill to adopt > > it or may know someone who can, I may want to know about its orphaning. > > At current, this is going to be noted on -devel. > > > > I would like a message on the user lists on _all_ orphaned packages, > > maybe just a CC of the current WNPP report? > > wnpp-alert may be useful to you - it will tell you if any of your > packages are nominated for adoption or are orphaned. > I guess maybe this package can be added to the deb-a-day project for someone to write about as a useful package for users if they are concerned about their packages being removed from Debian. Maybe add a note about it in the Debian reference?
But I was interested in a general broadcast to all debian users on a regular basis with a notice as to what may be remove from Debian. Not every day or every week, but enough so that users can be given time to adopt a package or notify someone with the skills. -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
